An area defended by four fortresses supporting each other.
quadrilaterally
quadrilaterally
adv
In a quadrilateral fashion.
quadrilateralness
quadrilaterals
quadrilaterals
noun
plural of quadrilateral
quadriliteral
quadriliteral
adj
Used to describe word roots in Afroasiatic languages which consist of four letters
noun
A word root in an Afroasiatic language which consists of four letters
quadrillionth
quadrillionth
adj
The ordinal form of the number one quadrillion.
noun
One of a quadrillion equal parts of a whole.
The person or thing in the quadrillionth position.
quadrillionths
quadrillionths
noun
plural of quadrillionth
quadrilobate
quadrilobate
adj
Having four lobes.
quadriloculate
quadriloculate
adj
Having four loculi
quadrimetallic
quadrimetallic
adj
(chemistry) Containing atoms of four metals in each molecule.
quadrinucleate
quadrinucleate
adj
(biology) Having four nuclei.
noun
A cell that has four nuclei.
quadrioxalate
quadripartitely
quadripartitely
adv
In a quadripartite fashion; into four parts.
quadriplicate
quadriplicate
noun
Alternative form of quadruplicate
quadriplicated
quadriplicated
adj
Alternative form of quadruplicated
quadrisulcate
quadrisulcate
adj
Having four hooves
quadrisulcated
quadritubercular
quadritubercular
adj
Having four tubercles or cusps
quadrituberculate
quadrituberculate
adj
Synonym of quadritubercular
quadrivalent
quadrivalent
adj
(chemistry) Having a valence of four
(graph theory) Said of a graph: that all of its vertices have degree four.
(of a vaccine) Protecting against four different (usually flu) viruses.
noun
(genetics) Any quadrivalent chromosome
quadrivalently
quadrivalently
adv
In a quadrivalent manner.
quadrivoltine
quadrivoltine
adj
Having four broods or litters in one year.
quadrupedantical
quadrupedantical
adj
(obsolete) quadrupedal
quadruplate
quadruplator
quadruplator
noun
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a public informer who received a fourth part.
quadruplet
quadruplet
noun
(music) A tuplet of four notes.
A cycle for carrying four riders, arranged so that all the riders can assist in the propulsion.
A sequence of four elements.
One of a group of four, particularly one of four babies born from the same mother during the same birth.
quadruplets
quadruplets
noun
plural of quadruplet
quadruplicate
quadruplicate
adj
four times over, multiplied by four
having four parts
noun
in quadruplicate: four times over, in four copies
verb
To replicate four times; to make fourfold; to quadruple.
quadruplicated
quadruplicated
adj
replicated four times
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quadruplicate
quadruplicates
quadruplicates
noun
plural of quadruplicate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadruplicate
quadruplicating
quadruplicating
verb
present participle of quadruplicate
quadruplication
quadruplication
noun
multiplication by four
quadruplications
quadruplications
noun
plural of quadruplication
quadruplicature
quadruplicity
quadruplicity
Noun
A group of four things.
quaestorial
quaestorial
adj
Of or relating to a quaestor.
quakerlet
qualificator
qualificator
noun
An officer who examines and prepares causes for trial in the ecclesiastical courts.
qualificatory
qualificatory
adj
That serves as qualification
qualimeter
qualimeter
noun
(obsolete) A device once used to estimate the hardness of X-rays
quantrill
quarantinable
quarantinable
adj
Subject to quarantine; under quarantine.
quarrelet
quartenylic
quartenylic
adj
Of or pertaining to quartenylic acid or its derivatives
quarterfinal
quarterfinal
noun
(general) A competition that narrows a field of contestants (quarterfinalists) to a set of semifinalists, for a subsequent final.
(sports) One of the four competitions in a knockout tournament whose winners go on to play in the two semifinals.
quarterfinalist
quarterfinalist
noun
a person or team that takes part in a quarterfinal
quarterfoil
quarterfoil
noun
Archaic form of quatrefoil.
quarterland
quarterland
noun
An old Scots unit of measure of land.
quarterlies
quarterlies
noun
plural of quarterly
quarterlight
quarterlight
noun
A small, pivoted, normally triangular, car window that acts as a vent
quarterly
quarterly
adj
(heraldry) (of a coat of arms) Divided into four parts crosswise.
Occurring once every quarter year (three months).
adv
Once every quarter year (three months).
noun
A periodical publication that appears four times per year.
quartermasterlike
quartful
quartful
noun
The amount that fills a quart vessel
quartile
quartile
noun
(statistics) Any of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population.
(statistics) Any one of the four groups so divided.
quartiles
quartiles
noun
plural of quartile
quartole
quartole
noun
(music) A quadruplet.
quartzless
quartzless
adj
(mineralogy) Lacking quartz.
quasicrystal
quasicrystal
noun
(physics, chemistry) any solid with conventional crystalline properties but exhibiting a point group symmetry inconsistent with translational periodicity
quasiparticle
quasiparticle
noun
(physics) Any entity that has some characteristics of a distinct particle, but comprises a grouping of multiple particles
quaternal
quaternal
adj
Occurring in fours, or having four elements.
quatral
quatrayle
quatrayle
noun
(rare) A great-great-great-grandfather; the grandfather of the grandfather of one's father.
quatreble
quatreble
noun
(obsolete, music) A voice pitched a fifth above treble.
quatrefeuille
quatrefeuille
noun
(archaic) A quatrefoil.
quatrefoil
quatrefoil
noun
(architecture) A symmetrical shape that forms the overall outline of four partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.
(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with four lobes.
quatrefoiled
quatrefoiled
adj
(architecture) decorated with quatrefoils
quatrefoils
quatrefoils
noun
plural of quatrefoil
quatrefoliated
quatrible
quattuordecillion
quattuordecillion
num
(US, Britain, Australia, rare, short scale) 10⁴⁵.
(dated, Britain, Australia, rare, long scale) 10⁸⁴.
quattuordecillionth
quebrachitol
quebrachitol
noun
(organic chemistry) A polyhydroxy cyclic alcohol, 2-0-methyl-chiro-inositol, obtained from the latex of the rubber tree as a starting point in the synthesis of several pharmaceuticals
quelpart
quercitol
quercitol
noun
(organic chemistry) The sugar alcohol 5-deoxyinositol present in acorns and the bark of oaks
querulant
querulant
noun
(psychology) One who has obsessive feelings of having been wronged.
querulation
querulent
querulent
adj
Habitually suspicious or querimonious.
noun
A habitually suspicious or querimonious person.
querulential
querulential
adj
(archaic, rare) querulous; complaining
querulist
querulist
noun
A querulous person; a peevish complainer.
querulity
querulity
noun
Synonym of querulousness
querulosity
querulosity
noun
querulousness
questorial
questorial
adj
Alternative form of quaestorial
quillwort
quillwort
noun
Any of various simple microphyllous vascular plants, of the family Isoetaceae, that resemble rushes and produce spores.
quilter
quilter
noun
(Britain) A person who uses a hand or machine stitch to decorate a quilt, or to sew together the layers of a quilt.
(US) A person who performs the entire process of making a patchwork quilt, whether or not it is decorated with quilting stitches.
A person whose hobby or profession is making quilts.
quilters
quilters
noun
plural of quilter
quinquarticular
quinquarticular
adj
(theology) Relating to the five articles of Remonstrance.
quinquelateral
quinquelateral
adj
Having five sides.
quinqueliteral
quinqueliteral
adj
Consisting of five letters.
noun
(linguistics) A sequence of five letters.
quinquetubercular
quinquetubercular
adj
Having five tubercles or cusps
quinquetuberculate
quinquetuberculate
adj
Synonym of quinquetubercular
quinquiliteral
quinquiliteral
adj
Alternative form of quinqueliteral
quintuplinerved
quintuplinerved
adj
(botany) Having five nerves.
quintupliribbed
quizzatorial
quodlibetarian
quodlibetarian
noun
One who discusses any subject at pleasure.
quodlibetary
quodlibetary
adj
(philosophy) Of or relating to quodlibet.
racquetball
racquetball
noun
(countable) A ball used for this sport.
(uncountable) A certain sport, similar to squash, but played with a bigger ball.
racquetballs
racquetballs
noun
plural of racquetball
relinquent
relinquent
adj
relinquishing
relinquishment
relinquishment
noun
The act of relinquishing something.
relinquishments
relinquishments
noun
plural of relinquishment
reliquidate
reliquidate
verb
To liquidate again or anew.
reliquidated
reliquidated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reliquidate
reliquidates
reliquidates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reliquidate
reliquidating
reliquidating
verb
present participle of reliquidate
reliquidation
reliquidation
noun
A second or subsequent liquidation.
requalification
requalification
noun
The act of qualifying again
requisitely
requisitely
adv
In a requisite way; necessarily.
requisitorial
requitable
requitable
adj
That may be requited.
requital
requital
noun
Compensation for loss or damage; amends.
Repayment, reward, recompense, return in kind.
Retaliation or reprisal; vengeance.
requitals
requitals
noun
plural of requital
requiteful
requiteful
adj
(rare, archaic) Tending to requite something; reciprocating.
requiteless
requiteless
adj
(archaic) unrequited
retranquilize
retranquilize
verb
(transitive) To tranquilize again.
sculpturesque
sculpturesque
adj
Like or suggesting sculpture: shapely, statuelike, etc.
sculpturesquely
sculpturesquely
adv
In a sculpturesque manner.
sculpturesqueness
sculpturesqueness
noun
The quality of being sculpturesque.
semiquadrantly
semiquartile
semiquartile
noun
(astrology) A semiquadrate.
sequestrable
sequestrable
adj
Capable of being sequestered; subject or liable to sequestration.
sequestral
sequestral
adj
(medicine) Of or pertaining to a sequestrum.
sesquialter
sesquialter
adj
Alternative form of sesquialteral
sesquialtera
sesquialtera
noun
(music) A ratio of 3:2.
(music) An organ stop that uses two ranks of different pipes.
sesquialteral
sesquialteral
adj
sesquialterate
sesquialteran
sesquialterous
sesquiquartal
sesquiquartile
sesquisulphuret
sesquitertial
sesquitertial
adj
sesquitertian
sesquitertianal
sesquitertianal
adj
Alternative form of sesquitertian
sobriquetical
sobriquetical
adj
Of or relating to sobriquets.
squamatogranulous
squamatotuberculate
squamoparietal
squamopetrosal
squamosoparietal
squamosotemporal
squamotemporal
squaretail
squaretail
noun
A perciform fish of the genus Tetragonurus, found in tropical and subtropical oceans.
The brook trout, a fish of the species Salvelinus fontinalis, found in North America.